Hi, all: I am working on the user doc page for strands and beads [1]. This is intended for application developers using Royale; there is unfinished material available for developers working on Royale itself in the wiki [2], [3].
>From the app developer point of view, I want to answer these questions: 1. There are three ways of adding beads to a component: baked in using <js:beads>, through CSS, and dynamically using addBead(). Which method is best to use for what purposes? 1a. I can see from the wiki clear examples for two methods of adding beads. Can someone point to an example using CSS to add a bead to a component? 2. Is the order of beads on a strand significant? 3. How much should I worry about bead cleanup when a bead is no longer actively used? I presume this would relate to dynamically-added beads, not the <js:beads> or CSS ones. 4. Where do I find the existing beads? Is there a curated list for each release of Royale? How do I know which ones would be useful for a text entry field, a list, a button? Thanks! a [1] https://apache.github.io/royale-docs/Welcome/Features/Strands%20and%20Beads.html [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=71013028 [3] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Creating+Components -- Andrew Wetmore http://cottage14.blogspot.com/
